Katja Strunz (*1970, Germany) is an international artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her work revolves around the intertwining of time, space and movement. Memory and trauma play a central role, as well as the idea of pausing to perceive oneself - physically and psychologically. The phenomenon of folding runs through all her genres and stands metaphorically for a kind of post-traumatic compression of space and time, the collapse of here and there, of now and then. Constructed splinters and corners, fallen, folded triangles and spaces seem like fragments blown out by force. However her work suggests a dual metapher of blindness encompassing both the negative connotation of lost vision and a potentially new way of seeing. This approach manifests in her threedimensional sculptural works and installations, and in her works on paper, which include collages and pulp paintings.
Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions at venues such as the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, Camden Arts Centre in London, the Museum Haus Esters in Krefeld. She participated in the 30th. Sao Paulo Biennale; the 55th. Carnegie International in Pittsburgh and in numerous group exhibitions at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich; Guangong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Kunsthalle Basel; among others.

"Denken ist Zeit. Das Denken kommt aus Erfahrung und Wissen, die untrennbar sind von Zeit und Vergangenheit. Zeit ist der psychologische Feind des Menschen. Unser Handeln beruht auf Wissen und daher auf Zeit, so dass der Mensch immer ein Sklave der Vergangenheit ist."
Jiddu Krishnamurti (Mensch sein, Über die Entfaltung der Freiheit)

Dr. Katja Blomberg, Dr. Julia Wallner (Hg.): Lynn Chadwick – Biester der Zeit. Lynn Chadwick, Katja Strunz, Hans Uhlmann, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, S. 86-93., Berlin 2019

Guido Faßbender (auth.): “Fragments of Space and Time: On the Work of Katja Strunz and the Exhibition at Berlinische Galerie“, Berlinische Galerie Museum for Modern Art, Photography and Architecture (Ed.), Katja Strunz. Drehmoment, with essays by Dr. Thomas Köhler and Guido Faßbender. 96 pages, Berlin 2013.

Guido Faßbender (Aut.): „Fragmente aus Zeit und Raum: Zum Werk von Katja Strunz und zur Ausstellung in der Berlinischen Galerie“, Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur (Hg.): Katja Strunz. Drehmoment, Texte von Dr. Thomas Köhler und Guido Faßbender. 96 Seiten, Berlin 2013.

Barbara Kuon (auth.): “Katja Strunz. Construction of decay“, Contemporary Fine Arts (Ed.), 100 pages, Köln 2009.

Barbara Kuon (Aut.): „Katja Strunz. Einbruchstellen“, Contemporary Fine Arts (Hg.), 100 Seiten, Köln 2009.

Suzanne Hudson (auth.): "Katja Strunz: A Second Present of the Past“, Adolf-Luther-Stiftung (Ed.): Katja Strunz. With essays by Suzanne Hudson and Lutz Niethammer, 200 pages, König Books, London 2007.

Suzanne Hudson (Aut.): „Katja Strunz: Eine zweite Gegenwart der Vergangenheit“, Adolf-Luther-Stiftung (Hg.): Katja Strunz. Mit Texten von Suzanne Hudson und Lutz Niethammer. 200 Seiten, König Books, London 2007.

Bringezu, Stefanie: Katja Strunz: Raum Zeit. In: Artmapp, Sommer 2014, Saarbrücken.

Schneider, Hella: Interview: Katja Strunz. In: Interview Magazine Germany, online, 24.04.2013.

Klonk, Charlotte: In the Studio: Katja Strunz, Standing with one’s back to utopia. In: Tate etc., Issue 15/ Spring 2009 / pp. 104-107.

Gebbers, Anna-Catharina: Katja Strunz. In: artist Kunstmagazin, No. 58, 01/2004 / pp. 30-33.

Eichler, Dominic: Something old, something new. In: Frieze, Nr. / No. 74, 04/2003, S. / pp. 84-85.